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PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. THE LATE QUEEN. It mnst,be consoling to every friend to Virtue, which was so strikingly exemplified in the cha racter and conduct of our late excellent Queen, to find, with hardly an exception, but in a leo , : des picable Weekly Journals of the Metropolis, the most of the Country Newspapers throughout the British Empire have manifested feelings of re spectfol sympathy on the melancholy occasion of her death. The following article we have taken floin The Blackburn Mail of the 14th inst. one of the twist respectable of the Provincial Journals : " Wednesday - , the 2d day of December inst. having been appointed for the interment of the remsins of our late aged and highly-esteemed Queen, the Police and .Constables-of .this Town postponed the Alatket, and recommended that all slior , warehouses, &c. should be closed during the butt! day " This recommendation bad its desired effect ; sit appeared to participate in the same feelings of sorrow, and were anxionS to express them in site!' a manner as humanity and religion required. The Pulpit and Reading Desks of the Parish Church were covered with black cloth suitable to the melancholy occasion, and Divine Service was performed there at seven o'clock in the evening, which was attended by the Members of the Pitt Club, their atedals being suspended round the neck by black crape, and all in deep mourning, and also by tie Members of the Commercial Be nevolent, Utrion, and Tradesman's Societies, likewise dressed in `deep mourning, as well as by the Orange Club, and two Lodges of Freemasons, vent) their usual decorations. After the Church ht.(' beet; crowded within,. the concourse of peo lic remaining without was still so wear, as to re riuire the active exertions, not only of the con stables, btu also of several of the military, in order to preserve quietness during the solemn ser vice.—Prayers weie read by the Rev. R. Dobson, a.:ter which our worthy Vicar, , the Rev. T. D. Whitaker, LL.D preached a very appropriate, eloquent, and impressive Sermon, from the 16th use of the 3d chap. of Prov. " Length of days is in her• right hand, and in her left band riches a"bil hotionr."—The Rev. Gentleman commenced his Sermon by explaining the word wisdom' to import religion, and observed that in this world Wen of opposite characters often porstie the saute objects, and that prosperity or adversity were not peculiar to any particuliir part of mankind—that the exertions of the good to obtain the blessings of this life sometimes onacconordily l iilcd, yet, it was evident, notwithstanding this, that there is a moral Governor of the world, antra future state of rewards and punishments—and remarked, if the same were awarded here, we 'shoold not sup pose there was a future sratc. The Rev. Gentle man then observed, that we should admire the wisdom, justice, tied above all the goodness of Go:I, in cootiimilly protecting his people—that he strewed flowers along the thorny ways and paths of life, and prepared for them a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.' ' " He then alluded, in pathetic and elegant lan guage, to the death of her late Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales, and observed, that it was only a year since use had to lament the cleath of youth, health, and virtue in that amiable Prisicess. After alluding to the numerous puldic and domestic virtues of the late Queer', he be wailed, in a very affecting manner, that Providence which deprived our revered Sovereign of mutat light, and caused him to breathe only the air of animal life ; mentioned the excellencies which had distinguished, in so etninent a degree, both the Ring and Queen, and said that Providence, in giving us such Governors, had probably some other intention then merely what was expressed in the text. fie then descanted upon the confused state in which we had been for a number of years past, and more especially when the Revolution took place in France, mud remarked that it required the exertion of all the talents of the ablest Minister ever known, to prevent the deluge of rebellion, and the disorders of riot, from spreading over this country. He also observed that it was his wish to tread lightly upon the 'ashes of the departed, hut he would contrast the characters of their Majes ties here with those of France, previous t 9, the Rovolution. That the King of that country had done nothing to cause the events which succeed ed, but that the follies - and misconduct of the Qieeii, when compared 'sit(' the virtues of the late amiable Qaeen of this Kingdom, must excite us to exclaim in the words of the text—" Length of dais is in her tight hand, and in her left hand riches and honour." Sortie may ask, said the Rev. Gentleman, does not profligacy and vice still pre vail among•eall orders of society here ? Yes, he re plied, it does, and in the higher walks of life, but that there was a material difference between the influence witch is exerted to prevent, and that which endeavoqrs to accelerate ; and left his a o:titors to infer what ityould have been the re sult, if ,we had not possessed Monarchs of such exemplary characters. Ater mentioning the goodness of Prr,vidence in giving the late Queen so many comforts, and such a large portion of happioess, during a very long life, the Reverend Gentleman said, it sometimes happened that indi vidirds, thus Blessed, prayed for affliction to be inflicted upon them to pkrepare them for a future world ; and he concluded by saying that the late Queen, iu her last months, had been visited by a painful and long• protracted disease, that she had spent hours in submission to her Heavenly Fattier, and that we had not only reasona to , hope', hut to _think, upon solid and Christian grounds, that she had obtained another crown, a crowns of glory brilliant'as the stars of heaven. " It is a maxim with us, whenever we coo template any event or personage, intimately con nected with the Government of this Country, to assume no premises for - the purpose of introducing language r)t - a diirespectfol, and much less of a dekmatory nature Oil the contrary, we had much rather record theJ.virtnes than the vices of man kind, but espeeiai!: . of the Great amid Noble, and we hold in deteitil.tioi, those motives %%hie!' 'excite l % en to cast a shade over the virtues of the de arted, and induce them to infer crime when no ,n:lt is apparent. But it is to he lamented, that there should be a set of men in the world who seek for opportunities to attack with licentious fitly all who do not happen to support the mea snres to which they are friendly; a set of men who can palliate the outrageous actions of a lawless mob or bionlitt i, and almost, at the saute moment, ana lise Jaw conduct of -the virtuous, pass over the lustre it displays, and if a speck should appe3r, apd►ly their microscopic intellects to view it with insatiate attention and exulting delight. To re view the observations made upon our k i te lament ed Queen, in some of the public papers, would be an irksome ondertaking, because of the prin ciples of the individuals who have made them ; and' foolish, becatts,e it is so far from being ne cessary. tier example, during upwards of half a eenttov, has been that of an affectionate consort and mother, and of a benevolent and unassuming Queen. In her we liSve lust a friend to Britain, and mote especially to the poor and unfortunate; while her Royal Children are deprived of one who preach'ed to them by her conduct, such lessons as morality might dictate, and virtue ()arts as the promoters of her influence in the human breast." BELFAST TOWN MEETING. PROTESTANT PETITION IN FAVOUR OF CATHOLIC EMANCIPATION. The Town Meeting fixed for Wednesday last, at the - Brown Linen-hall, to petition the Legis hitinc for the total emancipation of the Roman Catholics of Ireland, met, pursuant to requisi tion. The Hall was crowded at the appointed hour. RoBERT GE TTY, Esq. was called to the Chair. Mr. GETTY then stated to. the Assembly the object of the Meeting, and said, that be trusted, it the proceedings went on, that he would be supported, by the Gl:nth - men Around hint, in the preservation of order and decorum. Dr. DRENNAN then rose and spoke nearly as follows :—Sir, I rise to propose an adjoutnment of this Meeting to Monday next, at the hour of one o'clock ; and I make this motion in COl - 15e.• tpience of the interment of her late Majesty, which, we are informed by the papers, takes place this day in the metropolis of the empire. The adjournment of this Meeting is an act of de served respect to the memory of her late Ma jesty the Queeti of , these realms—it is au act of deserved respect to his Majesty, with whose suf feriug every humane and honourable bosom must sympathise—it is also an act of respect (Inc to the Ptince Regent, and to all the Royal Family—it is an act of becotuitig sympathy with the British peopl,: ; and it is also an act of respect to our-. selves. For these rewqms I shall now move you, Sir, that this Meeting do adjourn to Monday next, at one o'clock. The BAY. Mr. CROLLY seconded this motion. Mr. LAWLESS made some observations, and concluded by agreeing that the Meeting should adjourn till Monday next. The CIIIRMAN then put the following Rest). lotion : " That, on account of the interment of her late Majesty, which, it is understood, takes place this day, this Meeting do now adjourn 111/tii Mon day next, the 7th instant, at one o'clock, as a tribute of our respect for, and sympathy With the feelings of the Prince Regent, and the other branches of the Royal Family, oa that melan choly occasion." Phis Resolution was unanimously agreed to, and the Meeting adjourned. The following is given by the Dublin Evening Post as a copy of a Petition to be proposed - at the adjourned Meeting : " To the !tight Honourable and Honourable Me House of Commons, " May it please your Honourable . House, " We, your petitioners, inhabitants of the Town of Bel fast, come before your Honourable House, in behalf of the Catholics of Ireland, a large, a loyal, and a long suffering portion of his Majesty's subjects. As Christians who desire to do to others , what,' in like circumstance, we should wish to be done to ourselves.' As mess who think nothing foreign to us which is connected with the best feelings and best interests of humanity. As Irishmen who have been al ways fully sensible of the mer,itorious serriees of one Catholic Countrymen during the war, and of their inestimable value in the time of peace, we warmly sympathise with their civil and political grievances, we bear testimony to their merits, we buns ly advocate their just and reasonable claims, and the aver of our Petition is, for a total and unqualified Repeal of all the Penal Laws, which keep the Catholics of Ireland a distinct people in the body of the Empire ; that by such Re peal this invidious and humiliating distinction may he for ever abolished; that every relic of a Code of had and barbarous policy, so disgraceful to the Statute Book of a humane, a civilized, and an enlightened station, should disappear and be done away; that there should be no such thing as either religious or political persecution; that the pledges either given, or understood to have been giros, atjthe period of the Legislative Union, should be redeemed and faithfully per forased ; that peace abroad may be speedily followed up by this still better peace at home ; and that, in happy conse quence of a spirit of conciliation, and consolidation of strength, there may be, for time to come, one glorious Con stitution, one Law to protect or to punish, one paternal Goverumeist, one heart and one hand in the British Empire." LAW INTELLIGENCE. VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT, DEC. 11. nis Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR was occu pied this day in healing motions from the LORD CHANCELLOR'S paper, as well as'tortie froni own ; but none •of them were of any particular importance, except to the parties immediately concerned. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. ii. Middlesex Sittings after Michaelmas Term, before the Chief Justice and Special Juries. ATROG;IOUS PERJURIES. THB KING V. WILLIAM ALLCORN. This was an indictment against the defendant foi: wilful and corrupt perjury. The prosecution was conducted by Mr. GUR NEY and Mr.DiiNmAN, and the defence by the AT TORNEY-GENERAL, Mr.RAINE, and Mr. WALTON. It appeared that the defendant was examined as a witness in support of an information filed in the Conn of Exclieques - against three persons, named Walter Guy, the elder, Wal:er Guy, the younger, and -- Bishop, Sussex fanners, for being con cerned, on Sunday, the 14th September, 1817, at the landing of smuggled spirits at a place called Mill 'tide Bridge, near New Haven, in Sussex.— Ile positively swore in the Court of Exchequer, that these individuals. were concerned in that transaction. The present indictaient imputed to him foul and corrupt perjury, and negatived the truth of his statement. Mr. Gwynne, the Solicitor of Lewes, who was concerned for the prosecutors in the Court of Exchequer, produced the notes he had taken of the defendant's evidence. A multitude of witnesses were then produced, to spew, -first, that the prosecutors were not near the spot at the time, but were at home in their own houses, when the defendant represented them to have been present at the transaction mentioned; and, secondly, to spew that the defendant himself was at the distance of 20 miles from the place in question, at the very moment when he pretended to have seen the prosecutors assisting the smug glers. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL addressed the Jury on behalf of.the defendant, apologizing for his so ap pearing, by stating that the Crown bad felt it to he its duty to-afford the defendant such means of defence as the law would ALIO him, which he could not otherwise procure a a man in an hum ble station of life. The Learned Attorney made such observations as appeared most favourable to the defendant, contending that it was possible for the witnesses for the prosecution to be mistaken in the evidence they had given. He admitted, however, that he was not in a condition to con tradict them, and therefore he was obliged to sur render his client into the hands of the Jury, who would pronounce such a verdict as the facts before them would warrant. The Jury, without hesitation, pronounced the defendant -Guilty. TIIE KING V. WILLIAM BRIDGER. This was another indictment for the like of fence against this defendant, who was another witness on the part of the Crown, in the Court of Exchequer, against the same prosecutors as in the last case, with reference to the same transac tion. He positively swore on that occasion, that the two Guys and Bishop were present and assist ing on Sunday evening, the 14!11 September, 1817, at 11ji1 Tide Bridge, the fact being, that they were in their own houses at the time, and that the'defendant himself could not have been present at the transaction (it it really took place), he being a way from the scene of action many miles, and confined to his own bed with sickness, at the very moment at which he described the affair to hare taken place. A vast number of witnesses tv'ere examined to support the assignments of perjury, and they proved to demonstration, that this witness for the Crown had not spoken a single word of truth, but had acted from the most foul and wicked motives. Mr. ItArtii, who addressed the Jury for the defendant in the absence of the Attorney-General, whose other avocations called him elsewhere, followed the sante course pursued by his Learned Colleague, and resigned the defendant to the ver dict of the Jury, acknowledging that his talent was without defence. The Jury immediately found the defendant It appears that both these miscreants are now in custody on charges of felony, committed since the nefarious -wickedness imputed to theta by these in dictments, and therefore they were remanded to their former custody, instead of being committed to the custody of the I%Lirshal, as at first prayed by the Counsel tor the prosecution. TllB KING V. WILLIAM EOUTER. This was also an indictment against another person of the same class and character, for foul and wicked perjury, in falsely swearing in the Com t of Exchequer, on the 14th of May last, upon an information filled by the Attorney-General against Geo. Henty, Esq. for concealing - certain smug gled spirits at a place called Ferring-lane-eud, in the parish of Kinest on,. in the county of Sussex ; that the said George Henty, Esq. was personally concerned in locking up the said spirits in one of his barns. Mr. DENMAN, with whom was Mr. ADOLPHUS, for the prosecution, stated the case in a powerful and eloquent address to the Jury. It appeared that Mr. Henty is a gentleman of character and fortune, residing at Ferring-lane end, in the county of Sussex, and is partner in a banking-house at Arundel, and had been subject ed to the proceedings in question in the Court of Exchequer, through the malice and wickedness of the defendant, and another man named Slater, who was the subject of the indictment which fol lows the Court of Exchequer these persons positively swore, that on the morning of the 4th of April, being Good Friday, between 5 and 6 o'clock, thay saw Mr. Henty lock up in one' of his barns a great number of half-ankers of foreign spirits, which had been landed the night before on the beach, by a party of smugglers. The perjury was assigned upon this 'statement, which the indictment charged to be founded in wilful and corrupt falsehood. Mr. V. G. Dow LING, who took down the de fendant's evidence in short-hand in the Court of Exchequer, read his notes. The evidence of 110 less than nineteen persons was then given to support the assignments of per jury, from which it appeared, that on the morn ing of the 4th of April, 1817, air. !.lenty rose at five o'clock, for the purpose of going to one of his farms, about four miles distance from his house, at Fearing-lane-end, to give some in structions to his farming people, as was going into Northamptonshire upon some business, which would require his absence front home several days ; that he accordingly set off with his son, in a gig, about half-past five, direct from his house—dispatched his business at Offingham, the farm in question—took his place in a London coach—came to town, and went into Northamp tonshire, whence he did not return for a week :--- that, in point of fact, ono smuggling transaction whatever took place at Ferring-lane-end cat] the .morning of the 4th of April, but that in the even ing of that day some smuggling transactions did take place some miles distance from his house, on the coast of Sussex, at which, however, he was not present, and could not be, as he was at that time in London. That intorma tiona had been filed against a number of per ‘sons supposed to be concerned in this last men tioued'afriir, many of whom had compromised for mitigated penalties, although, in tact, they were innocent of any share in the transaction.— Iu short, the whole of the evidence went to es ttibiisb the perfect innocence of Ifr. Henty. at i t to slew that the proceedings instituted stgai °s g him in the Exchequer were founded in the follies • perjury. Mr. RAIN E did not e ven a tt em pt to address th : Jury on the part of the d e fend a nt, confessing 11)$ $ the evidence on the part of the prosecution.st s irresistible. , The Jury instantly found the defendant .Gl',"`e THE KING V. GEORGE SLATER. This was an indictment against another of t he perjured witnesses examined in support of the in' tormation against Mr. Henty. The same evidette4 was examined as in the last case, to which wae • superadded the fact, that the defendant had givell the false information against Mr. Henty fr° °l motives of base and malignant revenge. Mr. ItAtNE also resigned this defendant to th e hands of the Jury, who immediately found th e deiendnnt Guilty. Both defendants were ordered to be com‘mitted to the custody of the Marshal. The Court sat till a very late hour i n t h e even' MORE BOXlNG.—Stepney-fields vras the seat -Of • a manly tight on 'lliorsday, between John Neve t _ ti and James Allen, in consequence of wards Mi ka arose respecting the merits of the pugilists, Ra n ' . dal and Turner, Allen having thrown out soi ng hints about Irish Boxers not very agreeable cc' Neven, who was one of the sister country ; challenged his advessary for what lee termed 0 . , e1 nation's sake. A regular ring was formed, a" in the absence of the Great Captain and his Co n ". missary others of inferior note filletkhose Stat ions. The seconds were Dan M'Cartby and I'reen° l/ for Neven, and George and Thomas Johnson f or Allen. Thirty-five minutes of hard fighting lowed. The second round was manfully concu r ; ed, and some severe blows were placed, b n Nevea hit his adversary down again. The icw l lowing rounds, sixteen in number, were main' rained the same determined hostility a s i s .' the men were fighting for a nation's sae, 11 !, 4 , they had alternate advantages, but Neven's blou at length brought him through, and Allen al: knowledged defeat. Dan _M'Cartby challeng e st to fight any waterman upon the river who sot run Ireland down, or any man in the ring, bat """ did not meet a customer. Edward Walker was yesterday charged at Unfr i a l Hall with having robbed the -premises of Ikifiv ge. "' and Co. bleachers, near Croydon, of a consider. able quantity at dowlas. In his defence, the P r ; sorer said that he purchased the property trai t hawker on the high road.—Prisoner was comloW ted tor trial. COAL MARKET, DECEMBER 11. Ships at Market. Ship% sold. PriCe. 93i Newcastle 18 Sunderland COURSE OF EXCHANGE, TUESDAY, DEc. 1 1 - Anisteidam 11 9 C•' r ' • Ditto, at '.'glit Rotterdam Antwerp ll fibs. T ., Hainhurgh 14 4 _qt ' I fii. Altotia .. 4 , Paris„,3 Day's sight 24 0 r- 11 Lk. Ditto • 24 40 i,,,, , Boordeaux, ditto Frankfort on the Main Madrid ) Cadiz , Billma Sevin(' . Gibraltar Barcelona Leghorn ... Genoa... Vii-Venice, Ital. Liv 25 50 Nlalta... ..50 -Naples 43 Palermo Lisbon Oporto Rio Janeiro per Cent. Agio of the Bank. tin Holland.... 2 per Cent. BULLION. 00 Portugal Gold, in Coin l .O o ' 0 per New Doubloons .... .... New Dollars 0 5 95 . Silver, in Bars __.....01, BIRTHS. Last•week, Mrs. GORING, of Wiston, of a ditughte, r * rge On the 10th inst. at Wandsworth, the Lady of '— Bicknell, Esq. of a son. t Same day, in Gower-street, Bedford-square, the La"' Walker Skirrow, Esq, of a son. MARRIED. Yesterday, the 11th inst. at the Church of St. re 00.. Poor, by the Rev. Mr. Postern, Mr. Edward 3l kart, ,„ iii „ t e Eliza Atkinson, daughter of W. H. Atkinson, Esq. of court, Broad-street . , City. _ ----- • R OW' PROVINCIAL BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND 0 — . ;! BIRTHS. pll/ On the 29th ult. at Faceby Lodge, the Lady of Ja l le9 Esq. of a son. I, OP"' On the Ist inst. at Nlneheall Court, Somerset, t*. e . • Aysliford Sandford, Esq. of a son and heir. v .. of. Saute day, at Tiverton, the Lady of G. W. Owen., MARRIED. OW Lately, at Cheltenham, Ulric Theodore Heramings°°' bier of Woodbury Lodge, Devon,to Louisa Julia, eldest O of Colonel Count de Maryienat, of Morto 1 4 ° lse " r of ‘ l ' cestershire, tinig,ht of the Royal and Military Orde tolishl Louis, and grand-daughter of General Count de MAr.4 i late Governor of the Island of Tobago. : o f_ l "f Lately, at Southtnoltun, Mr. William Para ns ore, r 00 04 sington, Somerset, to Elizabeth, daughte r, of 1" • hie, Soothmolton. . • Geo On Monday - last, at St. John's Church, E%ele r,Mr flite, Martin, St. Sidwell's, to Miss Jane Halls, eldest (1 3 ' 1 . ., . Mr. Halls, of Exeter. - ' ........,.........0....m............ . DI . , or ' On the 93d ult. Eliza Jane , E eldest daughter o' 7' ' . Downing, of Dudley. • ' * . call, pcter Lately, at Moretonhampstead, the Rev. J. '''' l " Lately, at Carwithehick, near Helston, Cor" Hill, Esq oi ' the • f Lately, at .St. Stephen',, by Launceston, Corn Isaac 'lyeth, Rector of Michaelstow. ------- _ - LONDON: Printed by J. D. CARSTAIRS, of S °. - 9' Sy ' 11' Orotund-street, Queen - square ; anti published , 7, 1 1 . 10 Sof l SCRIPPS, of No. 7, South I%lolton-st re et, ot Orde l " - (Mice; No. 114. Strand ; where Advettisements, Letters, Zcc. (punt-Laid) must be addressed. ' - , - N N . c the Re °Ulce r , /k`twev, 111 srtr, *An I stht, 4.uNr )( fati feltingl'4 insu; er I te,e , kti be Purr N °' OE cite Use SII,E A titta -rf t hl of). P r lit 0 1.7. r eec „ :,, P P er, N, .4 a, Y :• . e .i~ r;~. DIED. w eft At St. Thomas's, on the 26th October, Mr. Charles Ste of Cumming-street, Pentonville. On Tuesday last, in Eustuu-square, aged 40, Eli za 'e tl 4. wife of Mr. Robert Abraham, late of Heppe!-street, Ad s • square. hibe A On the 10th inst. at Pratt-street, Lambeth , Mr. Arc M'Donald, late of the Commissariat Depart m ent, 1.1, 143° w* Of an apoplexy, at Ryr, while en ,a journey , Beck, of Fish-street-hill, aged 42. te,